A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
可取
Desirable
Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral.
把建造鸡舍和建造大教堂看作是同样可取的。
It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.
与其说培养对法律的尊重，不如说是培养对权利的尊重。
The proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. On that path lies danger.
接近一件称心如意的东西会使人过分放纵。那条路上有危险。
There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.
过去从来没有，现在也不太可能很快就会出现一个哲学家的国家，我也不确定是否应该出现这样一个国家。
Mistakes are the best teachers. One does not learn from success. It is desirable to learn vicariously from other people's failures, but it gets much more firmly seared in when they are your own.
错误是最好的老师。人不能从成功中学到东西。从别人的失败中学习是可取的，但当别人的失败成为你自己的失败时，你会更加深刻地体会到这一点。
It was both necessary and desirable for us to be so strong at sea that no Sea Power could attack us without risk, so that we might be free to protect our oversea interests, independently of the influence and the choice of other Sea Powers.
我们在海上如此强大是必要的，也是可取的，没有一个海上强国可以不冒风险地攻击我们，这样我们就可以自由地保护我们的海外利益，不受其他海上强国的影响和选择。
It's a pity that if someone who has a really profoundly potent art to share chooses not to or doesn't fit into this very thin slice of what's desirable and marketable, chances are the public will never get a chance to hear what they're doing.
遗憾的是，如果一个人拥有一门真正具有深远影响力的艺术去分享，却选择不去分享，或者不适合分享这门极具吸引力和市场价值的艺术，那么公众可能永远都没有机会听到他们在做什么。
When a man sees something desirable, he must reflect on the fact that with time it could come to involve what is detestable. When he sees something that is beneficial, he should reflect that sooner or later it, too, could come to involve harm.
当一个人看到他想要的东西时，他必须思考这样一个事实:随着时间的推移，它可能涉及到可憎的东西。当他看到有益的事情时，他应该意识到迟早它也会带来危害。
I don't know if I was a desirable person, not just physically but emotionally and mentally and intellectually. I still have a long way go and a lot to learn, but I'm on my way, I don't think I'm terribly attractive, but I'm comfortable with my looks.
我不知道我是否是一个理想的人，不仅是身体上，而且是情感上、精神上和智力上。我还有很长一段路要走，还有很多东西要学，但我已经在路上了，我不认为自己很有吸引力，但我对自己的长相很满意。